# 1983 Family Circle Cup – Doubles

Martina Navratilova and Pam Shriver were the defending champions but only Navratilova competed that year with Candy Reynolds.
Navratilova and Reynolds won in the final 6–2, 6–3 against Andrea Jaeger and Paula Smith.

## Seeds

Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.
* Martina Navratilova / Candy Reynolds (champions)
* Claudia Kohde-Kilsch / Eva Pfaff (second round)
* Leslie Allen / Rosemary Casals (second round)
* Andrea Jaeger / Paula Smith (final)
* Kathleen Horvath / Yvonne Vermaak (second round)
* Hana Mandlíková / Virginia Ruzici (semifinals)
* Mima Jaušovec / Helena Suková (first round)
* Patricia Medrado / Cláudia Monteiro (second round)

## Draw
### Key

* Q = Qualifier
* WC = Wild card
* LL = Lucky loser
* Alt = Alternate
* SE = Special exempt
* PR = Protected ranking
* ITF = ITF entry
* JE = Junior exempt
* w/o = Walkover
* r = Retired
* d = Defaulted
* SR = Special ranking

### Final

| Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Martina Navratilova Candy Reynolds | 6 | 6 | |
| 4 | Andrea Jaeger Paula Smith | 2 | 3 | |

### Top half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 1 | M Navratilova C Reynolds | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | C Bassett Z Garrison | 2 | 4 | | 1 | M Navratilova C Reynolds | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | B Remilton A Tobin | 1 | 6 | 0 | | D Fromholtz A Moulton | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Fromholtz A Moulton | 6 | 2 | 6 | | | | | 1 | M Navratilova C Reynolds | 6 | 7 | | | | | |
| | P Casale K Sands | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | S Mascarin E Sayers | 4 | 5 | | | | | |
| | S Mascarin E Sayers | 6 | 6 | | | S Mascarin E Sayers | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Collins M Mesker | 6 | 3 | 4 | 8 | P Medrado C Monteiro | 4 | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | P Medrado C Monteiro | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 1 | M Navratilova C Reynolds | 6 | 6 |
| 3 | L Allen R Casals | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 6 | H Mandlíková V Ruzici | 1 | 1 |
| | C Benjamin C Vanier | 6 | 4 | | 3 | L Allen R Casals | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | A-M Fernandez B Norton | 6 | 5 | 6 | | R Fairbank B Nagelsen | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Fairbank B Nagelsen | 3 | 7 | 7 | | | | | | R Fairbank B Nagelsen | 7 | 2 | 3 | | | | |
| | C O'Neil P Whytcross | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | 6 | H Mandlíková V Ruzici | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | K Jones-Shaefer N Yeargin | 7 | 4 | 2 | | C O'Neil P Whytcross | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | B Buckley B Bruning | 3 | 3 | | 6 | H Mandlíková V Ruzici | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | H Mandlíková V Ruzici | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 5 | K Horvath Y Vermaak | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Delhees S Simmonds | 6 | 1 | | 5 | K Horvath Y Vermaak | 2 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| | S Barker B Stöve | 6 | 6 | 6 | | S Barker B Stöve | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | T Mochizuki J O'Brien | 7 | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | S Barker B Stöve | 3 | 2 | | | | |
| | L Arraya K Skronská | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | 4 | A Jaeger P Smith | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | B Gadusek W White | 6 | 6 | | | B Gadusek W White | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | I Budařová R Tomanová | 0 | 1 | | 4 | A Jaeger P Smith | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | A Jaeger P Smith | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | A Jaeger P Smith | 6 | 6 |
| 7 | M Jaušovec H Suková | 3 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | C Tanvier A Temesvári | 4 | 4 |
| | J Klitch I Madruga-Osses | 6 | 1 | 6 | | J Klitch I Madruga-Osses | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | C Tanvier A Temesvári | 6 | 6 | | | C Tanvier A Temesvári | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Davis K Latham | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | C Tanvier A Temesvári | 7 | 7 | | | | |
| | B Bunge E Goolagong Cawley | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | B Bunge E Goolagong Cawley | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | J Filkoff V Nelson | 6 | 0 | | | B Bunge E Goolagong Cawley | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Bonder B Herr | 2 | 4 | | 2 | C Kohde-Kilsch E Pfaff | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | C Kohde-Kilsch E Pfaff | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |